Downvoting - topics and posts

[pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman)]

@dandv

it can be imagined that some communities would prefer both upvoting and downvoting , both for topics and posts

Indeed, but if you click the search at the bottom of your missing topic, the first one says

@sam

There is no built in way of doing this, it is a bit at odds with the project goals that try to encourage reading.

@dandv

Reddit shows that feature is widely used.

And it’s an oft-cited example of why it’s a bad idea.